Tag-fastener.



C. SINGERNIAN.

TAG FASTENER. APPLlcArlN FILED 0m11.191s.

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Patented Aug. 29, 1916.

CSPER SINGERll/IAN, 0F SOMERVILLj MASSACHUSET'J.,...

TAG-FASTENER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led December 11, 1915. Serial No. 66,277.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, CASPER SINGERMAN,l

a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Somerville, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Tag-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.k

This invention relates to improvements in l@ tag fasteners.

' The primary ebJect of the invention is the provision of a fastener of this character, wherein a tag when fastened thereby to an article -of merchandise or the like, cannot be detached therefrom, unless the cord connecting said tag thereto' is severed, thereby enabling malicious-tampering therewith readily detectable Another object of the invention is the provision of o.' fastener of this character, wherein a tag or the like can/be readily and easily secured to an article, merchandise or the like, with despatch, and avoiding the accidental loss of the said te'gtherefromz A further object of lthe invention is the provision of a fastener of this' character, which is novel in construccion to assure the permanent securing of the tag to an article, merchandise or the'like.

A still furthe: object of the invention i the provision of a fastener of this character, which is simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and 'eiiicient in its purpose, strong, durable, and inexpensive in manufacture.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1, is a perspective view of a tag, showing the fastener constructed in accordance with the invention applied for securing of the cord to an article.` Fig. 2, is an enlarged sectional view through the fastener. Fig. 3, is a perspective view of the male member ofthe fastener.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

llcfcrring to the drawing in detail, A, designates a tag, which is of the ordinary te well known construction, on which is adaptcd to bc written any suitable indicia for identification purposes, and B, the double cord, which is passed through the opening in the reinforced end of the tag,and looped at C, for the securing of the card thereto.

The fastener' comprises male and female members D, and E, respectively, the latter member being designed to receive the male member for locking engagement thereof. The male member is formed from a single strand of wire 5, which is bent to provide an eye 6, through which is loosely passedthe double stretches of the cord B, and paralle-l arms 7, ,which terminate in resilient hooks 8, the hills of which diverge from cach other, for a purpose presently described.

The female member E, is a tubiform body 9, in which at one end is inserted the free ends of the stretches ofthe cord B, and thereafter this end 10 of the body is clenched to the cord for,the permanent fastening of the latter therein, while the opposite end lof said body is formed with an inturned annular iiange 11, concentrically of an opening 12, formed by a conical wall 13, integral with and extended from the flange 11, interiorly of the body, for a short distance, and through this opening 12, is inserted the hook terminals 8, for their locking engagement with the conical wall 13,

thereby securing the male and female members together for the permanent fastening of the cord and tag to an article, mcrchandise or the like, to prevent the detachment of the tag.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction and manner of use of the fas- Patented rtli. 29, 19106.

tener will be clearly understood, and theremeiiiber beingadapted for sl'idable engagement With said 00rd, the female member including a hollow body having an internal locking rim, the male member including a 10G nection with one end of a cord, and the other resilient Ushaped member having hooh terminals for insertion within the body to automatically engage the locking iiiii for permanently fastening the members together.

2. The coinbniation with a cord, of a male member formed from a Single strand of relic 'silient Wire bent into substantially U-shape with an eye between its limbs to loosely recelve the cord, a female member mcludmg a tublform body having one end recelvmg the end of the cord which is permanently Y Secured therein, an internal trunoated coni- "le'al shaped flange at the opposite `end of the 

